How To JOIN or REPAIR A TELEPHONE CABLE

If you are wondering how to join a telephone cable, let this video be a guide to you. This will show you how to extend a telephone cable using 2 cables, or move an existing cable or help you repair a damaged telephone cable without having to pay an expensive call out fee to your telephone service provider.
Tools You Will Need:
Jelly Crimp Method
1x Cable Cutting Tool - Utility knife or Stanley blade
1x Side cutters
1x Jelly Crimp Tool
Materials you will need:
Jelly Crimps
Telephone Cable
Step By Step Guide:
1) Using Utility Knife, make a small incision around telephone cable and remove outer jacket. Be careful not to penetrate into the inside pairs.
2) If you cable has it included and you have enough spare cable, pull the drawstring to reveal virgin section of cable.
3) Separate cable pairs and individual cables.
4) Insert the cables to wish to join into the jelly crimp, usually the same colors and usually colors blue, orange and white and blue cable.
5) With Jelly crimp tool compress the top of the plug so that it squeezes down onto cable, a small amount of grease should be released from the jelly crimp.
Junction Box Method
1x Cable Cutting Tool - Utility knife or Stanley blade
1x Side cutters
1x IDC Krone Punch down Tool
Materials you will need:
Telephone Cable
Telephone Junction box
Step By Step Guide:
1) Using Utility Knife, make a small incision around telephone cable and remove outer jacket. Be careful not to penetrate into the inside pairs.
2) If you cable has it included and you have enough spare cable, pull the drawstring to reveal virgin section of cable.
3) Separate cable pairs and individual cables.
4) Insert the cables to wish to join into the junction box, usually the same colors and usually colors blue, orange and white and blue cable with terminals 2,3,5 used respectively.
5) With the Krone tool punch down each of the cables you wish to join.
6) repeat this process for the other side of the cable.
7) Screw down lid of the junction box.
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[@lucyhaley5989]

You are my hero! Removed an ‘old cable’ to prep a skirting board for painting and quickly realised it was supplying the broadband 🤦‍♀️ Jelly crimps are the best! Thank you!!

[@paulnewell8873]

I am so pleased I found this. I was right in the dog house after cutting the telephone wire instead of a defunct alarm wire. Mrs going crazy cause she can't watch Netflix. Got some Jelly crimps and the crimping tool, fixed in ten minutes. You sir are a legend !

[@tganzarolli]

Sir, you just saved my life 🙏🏻 I damaged the cables while cleaning and I was not familiar with the system in the UK. Cool things the jelly crimps.

[@smartaerials9718]

Gld the video helped, yes the jelly crimps can be lifesavers. Please subscribe to our channel. Tom

[@kenswaby1290]

Just helped me fix my cut line. Watched your video, ordered the crimps and tool and fixed my issue, thank you 👍🏻

[@smartaerials9718]

Hi Ken. That's good to hear, BT can charge a fortune for that type of thing. Please subscribe to our channel.

[@ProductProducer188]

Wired everything up right but still had no internet, until you mentioned using pliers to push the crimps home. Thank you, that saved me a few bob. 👍🏽

[@elizabethannnelson5345]

You are adorable! You can come repair my phone line anytime 😁. Thank you for your help.

[@BLaZiNgSPEED89]

I have a question regarding my telephone line length being artificially longer (around 10 meters or so) from the intrusion point. I was thinking of having it shortened as I feel it is too long and may affect performance+reliability of my broadband. Do you think a reduction of 5-10 meters of copper length to the telephone master socket would make any difference to broadband performance such as noise margins? If I was 100% certain that my 10 meter length of copper cabling didn't have any negative impact on performance/reliability then I probably wouldn't need to install a new telephone line to have it shorter. I could try and cut it myself manually to reduce the length, but I am worried to do that as I am not a professional and could end up accidentally breaking it unless an Openreach engineer could do it manually. But I don't think they would do this for free hence why I was thinking of a new line to see if there would be noticeable improvement in speeds/reliability. Also I have this BT junction box exactly like in this video. I'm willing to follow this guide, is this junction box necessary? Can I get rid off it completely and just connect the line to the BT master socket?

[@charlesmilligan1416]

Hi mate don't suppose you can help... In the back of my socket I have blue in a and blue/white in B. Further along these have been joined at a box, but the other cable going back to (I presume) the cabinet, is orange and white cables...

[@raajcctv]

Hi mate. How do we extend a drop down bt cw1415 cable . Its got 1 orange and 4 white. Thanks.

[@AllanO808]

Can you use small wagos, or are they too big in diameter?

[@EdwinMactalMusic]

Thanks!!!

[@smartaerials9718]

You're welcome, please subscribe to our channel. Tom

[@chrisdavie4660]

Can i use this to extend the telephone {black cable}, is it enters the House {in UK}? Also, should the Router be plugged into the Master or secondary ~ or does it not matter?? Thanks, Chris

[@andrewedge127]

Do you have to have same colours in both wires when joining two cables.

[@gautampatil1680]

Doing some good work out there, thank you

[@smartaerials9718]

You're welcome, please subscribe to our channel. Tom

[@adamsala9291]

Superb video what do you recommend outside use there's a line I need to join 👍

[@smartaerials9718]

Thanks Adam, if it's outside I would join the cables using the jelly crimp method and then place this join in a junction box suitable for an outside environment. Please subscribe to our channel. Tom

[@womblestacker7993]

Help so I got main cable coming into the house going to a little junction box two cables one is black one is green going out the other side is blue and orange? Thus cable goes to the main box on the wall ? My main cable is damaged from out side ,so I bought new cable and it's like the cable you got there ,so what colours do I use, as bt can't get to me for 10 days

[@alexgalbraithacoustic]

Simple and effective advice, thanks!

[@smartaerials9718]

Thank you Alex, please subscribe to our channel.

[@rulebritannia4006]

Could I use wagoos instead mate

[@jackmcgowan4561]

If I have removed an extra phone jack from a bedroom but no longer require it what should I do with the wire ? Leave it in the wall once the face is off ? Or wrap it in electricians tape ?

[@smartaerials9718]

You can leave it in there providing that no conductive parts are touching each other.

[@EdwinMactalMusic]

So is it alright for me to use that kind of jelly connector (3 way) to connect only two telephone wires?

[@smartaerials9718]

Yes that's fine, you will just have one spare on the jelly crimp - doesn't matter.

[@trevorwatton4981]

Good

[@kelly5816]

You should sell a kit..i would buy it cause I wouldn't have to worry about buy all the wires and box

[@mrv5801]

CAN I USE THE 3-WAY JELLY CRIMPS TO SPLIT MY INCOMING PHONE LINE WIRE - SO I CAN FIT 1 PHONE SOCKET IN MY LIVING ROOM - AND A SECOND PHONE SOCKET IN MY BEDROOM???

[@ardeshiraqayi9976]

that was similar to my question which brought me here ! the difference is that I want to split my incoming phone line into 2 lines, each connecting to a router.

[@ardeshiraqayi9976]

Can I split (divide / share.. I don't know which is more correct!) my incoming phone line into 2 lines, to connect each to a separate router? If yes, how please .. Thanks a lot ....

[@meatfruit1123]

No, can’t be done sorry.

[@tracyclayton1]

Is the black wire that goes into the box live?

[@meatfruit1123]

Uk BT or Openreach lines generally carry 50v DC.

[@pipcole20]

I noticed you didn't strip the individual coloured wires back to the metal before putting them in the jelly crimp, is that not necessary?

[@smartaerials9718]

Hi Phil, Not not necessary as when you punch the cable down it makes a small incision to the inner core.

[@anastasiaz.z.578]

Thanks for the video. I didn't have any of the clamps so I just stripped the wires and twisted them together and covered with electric tape. Somehow my internet is stronger now!!

[@smartaerials9718]

At least it works. :)

[@shezzy97]

Can you remove jelly crimps without cutting the wire?

[@smartaerials9718]

No I'm afraid not.

[@meatfruit1123]

Yes you can....just apply pressure with your crimping pliers (the tool he uses) to the side of the crimp (jelly connector)instead . Squeeze slowly and it will pop open, just watch your eyes as the top can pop out quick

[@worthlessone9503]

doesn't having them untwisted now hurt the signal quality?

[@ItsGrantM]

No

[@andrewbirchall9688]

yes its called far-end cross talk but is minimal and not really noticeable for a single household that doesnt use all that much bandwidth

[@louiselindsay2296]

What do you cease jelly connectors into Do you connect second cable to other side of junction box. You didn't show this. Otherwise learnt a lot.

[@smartaerials9718]

Hi Louise, glad the video helped. Sorry I do not understand what "cease jelly connectors into" means? Yes on the junction box, the second cable can be terminated into the other side of the junction box. Needs to be the same corresponding number for each cable. Or you can patch the cable straight on top of the other one on the same side of the junction box.

[@robertmcdermott5782]

Cost me £165 for a 15 minute bt visit just to extend the line

[@smartaerials9718]

BT are so expensive. I have no idea how they can justify that for an appointment.

[@clarerobertson4427]

scotchlocks

[@alanludlow7995]

the quality of the video is terrible, it's "out of focus & distorted" and the camera is up far too high, and parts of the assembly were NOT shown?? i recommend you to re-do the video and CHECK IT BEFORE you post it, as it is IMPOSSIBLE to view??